Happy Birthday, Finlay!

What happens at a birthday celebration at St. John's?

Bea: Blowing out the candle. 
​Wilder: We sing. Yeah, we sit down and then we sing.
Luke: We make a present.
Finlay: You look on people online. Like your family. We got treats. We got like special snack treats.

Today we got to celebrate our friend Finlay!
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Four the special birthday snack in the classroom we enjoyed Finlay's favorite snacks: Pirate Booties, Cheerios and CheezIts. 
During the celebration outside, Hugh mentioned "We are missing a screen", remembering birthday celebrations in Brown Room, for which families joined the celebration via zoom. We are excited to announce that for this year's celebration family members will be able to join us outside or in Blake Hall! It was a wonderful surprise to see Finlay's mom, Camille, waiting for us outside on the front lawn. 
We are thankful for the opportunity to include families in the child(ren)'s special moments at school!

​Camille shared an incredible story about Ninjas from the city on Ninjago, one of Finlay's greatest interests. For this story we used our great imagination and traveled into the world of the Ninjas. We learned where they live and how they train to become Ninjas. Camille and Finlay even shared special tools with us that she got to borrow from the ninjas for this occasion. 

Thank you for a wonderful first birthday celebration on our Rainey Room!